Tega Cay Happenings

 By "we", by the way, I mean York County. Sometimes, when I feel like getting mad at the state of things, I do what any person would do... and look at the recent bookings on the York County Sheriff's Department website . I'm not upset that crime exists; I instead get worked up at what, to me, comes off as blatant racism on the part of our Police Department.  I will admit, I don't know the whole story; I don't have a police scanner radio, so all I know about the cases (besides what runs on other news sites) is the posted bail, mugshot, and offenses for which the person was arrested. I also haven't done any sort of statistical analysis so as to put forth hard evidence of racism in the Department. Every time I look, though, I see that a Black and white person can be arrested for the same offense, and the white one will have a lower posted bail. Sometimes, a Black person will have a higher  bail for a less-serious  offense. Take Wednesday, for example: these t...

 Fort Mill holds its town council meetings on the first—and third, if they deem it necessary—Monday of each month at 6 PM, and the streaming link can be accessed through their website . I don't live in Fort Mill, but I do  go to school there and spend a lot of my time there, so I feel as if my place at the meeting is allowed.  After stating the Pledge of Allegiance, saying a quick prayer, and going over a few formalities, comments written to the Council were read. There were 11 read tonight, 7 of which were from those who live in the Fort Mill Township, not the Town itself.  Six concerned the Heritage Act, five in favor of asking our State Senators to repeal it, one against. Three of these were adapted from a form letter, but were sent in nonetheless. Four other letters asked for the removal of the Confederate statues in Fort Mill, which cannot be done without going through state government, thus prompting the six earlier who wrote of the Heritage Act. One woman wrot...